POLITICS TRUMP SCIENCE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING BAN

Reprinted from the SCI – First for Hunters Blog

Sustainable management of wildlife in British Columbia was sucker-punched this week when the Provincial government announced the closure of grizzly bear hunting. Protectionist politics of anti-hunters trumped sound science in a drama that could see grizzlies bear the brunt of vitriol aimed at hunter-conservationists.